Volume One

Su Xing was left speechless for a moment by the couple's back-and-forth, unsure what to say. After speaking, Tang San raised his right hand. A faint yellow glow emerged across the surface of his skin, followed by Blue Silver Grass growing from his palm. The Blue Silver Grass was several times thicker than before and bore strange patterns. Early that morning, Su Xing habitually came to the academy's field and began his ten-kilometer morning run. After speaking, Su Xing ran toward Nuoding Academy's gate. "Brother Su, good morning." Tang San carried a bowl filled with porridge and sat down across from Su Xing. "All right, I understand. Thank you, Director Su." Hearing Su Xing's voice, Otto slowly walked to the iron gate, handed over the box in his hand, and said with a smile, "Kid, the thing you needed is ready. I put quite a bit of effort into it. Fortunately, I'm a Soul Master too; otherwise, this thing would have been impossible to make." "N-No... it's nothing. Xiao San, can you stay away from that person in the future?" Xiao Wu said hesitantly, terror showing on her face. After leaving the cafeteria, Su Xing saw an acquaintance—Director Su from the Academic Affairs Office. "Xiao San, who is this?" Su Xing asked, pretending to be puzzled. After arriving in this world, Su Xing had still affected its original structure somewhat. Perhaps it was the inevitability of the plot, but these two had ultimately met. Clearly, this little girl was Xiao Wu, the Soft Bone Rabbit. Su Xing had no interest in this little rabbit. He only felt that she was a plot device, falling from the sky with no background, existing in the original story solely to push the plot forward. "Oh, Su Xing. Right, I was just looking for you. Someone is waiting for you at the school gate. Go take a look." Director Su lowered his head to glance at Su Xing and said cheerfully. Hearing this, a trace of disdain curled onto Su Xing's lips. His gaze was sharp as a torch, fixed intently on Xiao Wu as though it could pierce through her soul. As a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, Xiao Wu had been spoiled by those two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Forest. Having only recently taken human form, she spoke casually and without restraint, unaware of the severity of her words. The moment those words left his mouth, a hint of panic appeared on Xiao Wu's pretty face, and her eyes looked unsettled with fright. As the sun gradually rose in the east, more pedestrians appeared in Nuoding City. After simply purchasing some dry provisions in the city, Su Xing hired a carriage. After speaking, Su Xing hurried back to his residence, tightly shut the doors and windows, and directly assembled the Desert Eagle. Then, taking out the gunpowder he had prepared beforehand, he began making bullets. "It's actually a hundred-year soul ring?" Exclamations rang out in the cafeteria. Su Xing nodded in satisfaction, then stored the Desert Eagle's components in his Soul Tool and said with a smile, "The work is excellent. We can work together again if there's a chance. Thank you, Uncle Otto." Mainly because this rabbit was no good either. After becoming a god, she completely forgot her identity as a soul beast and turned a blind eye as Tang San nearly drove soul beasts to extinction. He wondered what her dead mother would think if she knew of such ingratitude. Ever since gaining the Life Simulator and awakening his martial soul, Su Xing had changed his former way of life. He no longer lay in bed wasting away every day. Instead, he woke up early to run every morning and became disciplined. "Not yet, but it should be soon," Su Xing said, scratching his head with an embarrassed smile. Lying on the soft bed, Su Xing looked at the assembled pistol on the table and the dozens of bullets beside it. He felt a little safer, and eventually drifted off to sleep without realizing it. The appearance of the yellow soul ring caused the expressions of several upperclassmen eating breakfast nearby to freeze. A few even gaped in shock. "How is it? Satisfied? Every component was made from top-grade refined iron." Otto smiled. After paying for breakfast, Su Xing took a large bowl and scooped two ladles of meat porridge from the fragrant steaming pot. Then he grabbed two steamed buns and an egg from the side, came to a table, and began devouring them. "Oh, Xiao San, not bad." Su Xing looked Tang San over and said with a smile. To put it bluntly, she was just a little lacking in emotional intelligence. "..." Su Xing was speechless again. The little girl looked slightly taller than Tang San. Her black Scorpion Braid hung past her hips, while her lovely face was fair with a rosy tint. She looked soft and tender, like a ripe peach. With this Desert Eagle pistol, Su Xing could fight any Soul Master below level thirty. If he launched a sneak attack, he could probably take down even a level-forty Soul Master with a single shot. "Hey, Uncle Otto!" Su Xing waved and greeted Otto. When Su Xing reached the school gate, he saw a burly man standing outside with a box in his hands. Su Xing silently added the last three words in his heart without saying them aloud. "Wasn't I waiting for you? I think you'd be quite suitable to become my... soul ring." After finishing his run, it was time for breakfast. Su Xing arrived at the cafeteria, where an enticing aroma greeted him. The rich scent of meat was especially tempting. Hearing Xiao Wu say this, Tang San became even more puzzled, but he still patted her head and said softly, "All right, I'll listen to you." "..." Night fell. Hearing this, Su Xing slightly raised his head and was about to speak when he noticed a little girl standing behind Tang San. Today, Su Xing planned to visit the Soul Hunting Forest to obtain his first soul ring. "This soul ring came from a four-hundred-year Datura Snake. Teacher said this soul beast was very suitable as my first soul ring." As he spoke, Tang San withdrew the Blue Silver Grass. "By the way, Brother Su, your Soul Power reached level ten long ago. Have you obtained your soul ring yet?" Heaven Dou Empire, Nuoding City. "Xiao Wu, what's wrong?" Tang San naturally noticed the change in Xiao Wu and asked. "My name is Xiao Wu, the Wu from dancing. My martial soul is a rabbit, a very cute little white rabbit." Xiao Wu made a face at Su Xing and smiled. Su Xing slowly stood, gently wiped his mouth, left behind those cryptic words, and walked out of the cafeteria without looking back. "By the way, Brother Su, Teacher took me to the Soul Hunting Forest a few days ago, and I obtained my first soul ring. I'm a Soul Master now." "Hahaha, are you some country bumpkin? Don't you know that once your Soul Power reaches level ten, your mentor should take you to obtain a soul ring?" Xiao Wu curled her lips disdainfully and mocked him. "???" Tang San. Su Xing opened the box and found everything needed for a Desert Eagle pistol: bullets, casings, rifling, magazines, springs... Having acquired the Divine Weapon Crafting Technique from the Life Simulator, Su Xing found making bullets rather easy. It did not take him long to finish. If he had a Blacksmith Shop now, he felt that he could completely make a Barrett. The next morning. Tang San's small face flushed slightly. He turned to look at Xiao Wu and introduced her, "Her? Her name is Xiao Wu. She's my roommate." A clear yellow ring of light lit up beneath Tang San's feet, circling his body and moving rhythmically up and down. This was the defining trait of a one-ring Soul Master. The sky was clear today. Looking at the rising morning sun and the distant sky dyed gold, Su Xing slowly exhaled a breath of stale air. "Good morning, Director Su," Su Xing greeted politely.